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Egyptian court declares Hamas a 'terrorist organization'http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386394-egyptian-court-declares-hamas-terrorist-organization.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court declared Hamas a "terrorist organization" on Saturday, further isolating the blockaded rulers of the Gaza Strip once openly welcomed by the country's toppled Islamist-dominated government.
The ruling is unlikely to have any immediate effect on Hamas, still reeling from last summer's war with Israel and choked by an Israeli-E...Sat, 28 Feb 2015 17:59:31 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386394-egyptian-court-declares-hamas-terrorist-organization.html2015-02-28T17:59:31ZEgypt court sentences Brotherhood leaders to life in prisonhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386288-egypt-court-sentences-brotherhood-leaders-to-life-prison.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court sentenced five leaders of the banned Muslim Brotherhood group to life in prison on Saturday over violence at their headquarters in 2013 and issued death sentences for four others.
The case stems from clashes in a Cairo suburb on June 30, 2013, four days before the ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, that killed 11 p...Sat, 28 Feb 2015 14:46:10 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3386288-egypt-court-sentences-brotherhood-leaders-to-life-prison.html2015-02-28T14:46:10ZCorrection: Egypt storyhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3362138-correction-egypt-story.html
CAIRO (AP) — In a story Feb. 17 about an Egyptian military tribunal, The Associated Press, relying on a prosecutor, reported that ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi would stand trial before it on charges over violence in August 2013 in the city of Suez. A judicial official later said Morsi and senior Muslim Brotherhood leader Khairat el-Shater would not face charges as...Wed, 18 Feb 2015 07:13:36 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3362138-correction-egypt-story.html2015-02-18T07:13:36ZJordan hands senior Islamist 18 months for criticizing UAEhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3358506-jordan-hands-senior-islamist-18-months-criticizing-uae.html
AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — Jordan's state security court on Sunday sentenced a top official in the Muslim Brotherhood to 18 months in prison for criticizing the United Arab Emirates, an ally of the kingdom, his lawyer said.
Zaki Bani Ersheid, No. 2 in the Jordanian branch of the Brotherhood, was arrested in November after he criticized the UAE for labeling the ...Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:53:53 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3358506-jordan-hands-senior-islamist-18-months-criticizing-uae.html2015-02-15T12:53:53ZEgypt leader on defensive over claims he mocked Gulf allieshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3349058-egypt-leader-defensive-claims-mocked-gulf-allies.html
CAIRO (AP) — In a reflection of Egypt's massive dependence on Gulf largesse, its president telephoned an array of oil-rich monarchs to control the damage after allegedly being caught on tape discussing how to milk them for cash.
The quick move from an authoritarian leader to patch things up came at a time when Egypt's government is hoping for more help fr...Tue, 10 Feb 2015 19:34:50 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3349058-egypt-leader-defensive-claims-mocked-gulf-allies.html2015-02-10T19:34:50ZAl-Jazeera reporter struggled to leave jailed colleagueshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3340124-al-jazeera-reporter-struggled-to-leave-jailed-colleagues.html
SYDNEY (AP) — For more than a year, the three jailed Al-Jazeera journalists did their best to prepare for the unsettling possibility that one of them would be released from the Egyptian prison, while the others were forced to stay. But when that day actually came, journalist Peter Greste struggled to leave behind the men who had become his brothers.
"See ...Thu, 05 Feb 2015 02:46:03 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3340124-al-jazeera-reporter-struggled-to-leave-jailed-colleagues.html2015-02-05T02:46:03ZAl-Jazeera reporter has mixed feelings on release from jailhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3335164-al-jazeera-reporter-mixed-feelings-release-jail.html
CAIRO (AP) — Al-Jazeera journalist Peter Greste expressed "relief and excitement" Monday at being freed after more than a year in an Egyptian prison, but also said he felt real stress over leaving his two jailed colleagues behind.
His first public comments came as a court in Egypt sentenced 183 people to death in the violence following the 2013 ouster of ...Mon, 02 Feb 2015 22:18:15 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3335164-al-jazeera-reporter-mixed-feelings-release-jail.html2015-02-02T22:18:15ZEgypt sentences 183 to death over assault on police stationhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3334746-egypt-sentences-183-to-death-assault-police-station.html
CAIRO (AP) — An Egyptian court on Monday sentenced 183 people to death over the ransacking of a police station and the killing of 15 policemen after the 2013 ouster of President Mohammed Morsi. The verdict was the latest in a string of mass death sentences that have sparked local and international condemnation.
The charges are related to the bloody August...Mon, 02 Feb 2015 12:55:22 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3334746-egypt-sentences-183-to-death-assault-police-station.html2015-02-02T12:55:22ZPresident: Egypt faces long fight to defeat Sinai militantshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3332788-president-egypt-faces-long-fight-to-defeat-sinai-militants.html
El-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egypt's President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi told his nation to prepare for a long fight to defeat Islamic extremists Saturday following a wave of attacks on security forces in the Sinai Peninsula.
El-Sissi made his televised address as military commanders announced plans to forge a unified command for all armed forces in Sinai. "We will...Sat, 31 Jan 2015 19:37:32 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3332788-president-egypt-faces-long-fight-to-defeat-sinai-militants.html2015-01-31T19:37:32ZEgypt blames Muslim Brotherhood for deadly Sinai attackhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3330436-egypt-blames-muslim-brotherhood-deadly-sinai-attack.html
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi blamed the Muslim Brotherhood for playing a role in a sophisticated insurgent attack that killed 31 people in Egypt's volatile northern Sinai Peninsula. El-Sissi, a former army chief, cut short a trip to Ethiopia to return to Cairo Friday, as state television broadcast the arrival of the bodies of slain soldiers...Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:50:23 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3330436-egypt-blames-muslim-brotherhood-deadly-sinai-attack.html2015-01-30T19:50:23ZSimultaneous attacks in Egypt's Sinai kill 26http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3329444-simultaneous-attacks-egypts-sinai-kill-26.html
EL-ARISH, Egypt (AP) — Militants struck more than a dozen army and police targets in the restive Sinai Peninsula with simultaneous attacks involving a car bomb and mortar rounds on Thursday, killing at least 26 security officers.
An Army spokesman immediately blamed former Islamist President Mohammed Morsi's Muslim Brotherhood of orchestrating the attack,...Thu, 29 Jan 2015 23:15:27 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3329444-simultaneous-attacks-egypts-sinai-kill-26.html2015-01-29T23:15:27ZEgypt: 15 killed in clashes between Islamists, policehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3320208-egypt-15-killed-clashes-islamists-police.html
CAIRO (AP) — Anti-government protesters fought street battles with police in Cairo and other cities on Sunday, the fourth anniversary of the country's 2011 uprising, as clashes left at least 15 people dead and dozens injured. Another two people died when an explosive device they were planting under a high-voltage tower in the Nile Delta exploded prematurely, according to sec...Sun, 25 Jan 2015 19:19:46 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3320208-egypt-15-killed-clashes-islamists-police.html2015-01-25T19:19:46ZUS Muslim rights group seeks removal from UAE terror listhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3305702-us-muslim-rights-group-seeks-removal-uae-terror-list.html
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Friday it has sought to be removed from a United Arab Emirates' list that designates it as a terrorist organization, along with dozens of other groups.
The move comes after the Emirati Cabinet said that designated groups can pursue an appeals process to seek removal from the...Fri, 16 Jan 2015 13:52:15 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3305702-us-muslim-rights-group-seeks-removal-uae-terror-list.html2015-01-16T13:52:15ZEgypt announces parliament elections, vote to start March 21http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3292948-egypt-announces-parliament-elections-vote-to-start-march-21.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt announced Thursday that the nation's long-delayed parliament elections will start in March and that the voting will be staggered over seven weeks — the final step in a political roadmap put in place by the military after its ouster of the country's first democratically elected president.
The chief of the Supreme Election Committee, Ayma...Thu, 08 Jan 2015 21:04:15 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3292948-egypt-announces-parliament-elections-vote-to-start-march-21.html2015-01-08T21:04:15ZThe Arab Spring, 4 years onhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3247504-arab-spring-4-years.html
CAIRO (AP) — Here's a look at how the countries of the Arab Spring have fared four years after pro-democracy uprisings swept the region:
TUNISIA: The hope for democratic change that swept the region four years ago is today mainly confined to Tunisia, where the self-immolation of a fruit seller ignited a successful revolt against Zine El Abidine Ben Ali th...Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:18:53 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3247504-arab-spring-4-years.html2014-12-07T15:18:53ZFour years on, something of an Arab Winterhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3247468-years-on-arab-winter.html
You can blow out a candle, but you can't blow out a fire,
Once the flames begin to catch, the wind will blow it higher. — "Biko," Peter Gabriel It began with a spark, four years ago: An itinerant fruit seller, despairing of life in authoritarian Tunisia, set himself on fire and burned to death. It provoked a revolution, and the flames caught swiftly acros...Sun, 07 Dec 2014 15:15:58 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3247468-years-on-arab-winter.html2014-12-07T15:15:58ZEgyptian authorities investigate leaked recordinghttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3244364-egyptian-authorities-investigate-leaked-recording.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Prosecutor General's office said on Friday it is launching an investigation into a recording allegedly depicting a debate among senior military and security officials over forging trial evidence against ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi.
The recording, aired late Thursday on an Islamist-allied satellite channel, allegedly dates...Fri, 05 Dec 2014 15:32:02 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3244364-egyptian-authorities-investigate-leaked-recording.html2014-12-05T15:32:02ZMubarak verdict due, but Egyptians' interest waneshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3231172-mubarak-verdict-due-egyptians-interest-wanes.html
CAIRO (AP) — Amal Shaker's 25-year-old son Ahmed was fatally shot in the back on the "Friday of Rage," one of the bloodiest days of Egypt's 2011 uprising against longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Nearly four years later, she is still waiting for justice.
"We want blood for blood," she said. Her wait is supposed to end Saturday when a verdict is expected in...Thu, 27 Nov 2014 16:45:18 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3231172-mubarak-verdict-due-egyptians-interest-wanes.html2014-11-27T16:45:18ZEgypt president considering pardon of journalistshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3219830-egypt-president-considering-pardon-journalists.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said on Thursday that a presidential pardon is "being examined" for the three Al-Jazeera journalists who were handed heavy prison terms in a court ruling that raised international outrage.
El-Sissi told France 24 that a pardon "is being examined to resolve the matter." When asked if he will do it "soon...Thu, 20 Nov 2014 21:18:34 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3219830-egypt-president-considering-pardon-journalists.html2014-11-20T21:18:34ZEgypt arrests senior Muslim Brotherhood memberhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3218568-egypt-arrests-senior-muslim-brotherhood-member.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt on Thursday arrested a leading Muslim Brotherhood member who played a key role in negotiations between his now-banned group and the government. In Cairo, at least nine people, including five policemen, were hurt in incidents involving a home-made bomb and a stun grenade.
The early morning arrest of Mohammed Ali Bishr from his home in th...Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:53:58 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3218568-egypt-arrests-senior-muslim-brotherhood-member.html2014-11-20T18:53:58ZRubber-stamp assembly expected from Egypt votehttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3204308-rubber-stamp-assembly-expected-egypt-vote.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt is gearing up for parliamentary elections, the second since the 2011 uprising. But with the once-triumphant Muslim Brotherhood now banned from public life and a new military-backed government suppressing public expression, analysts and activists say the next legislature is likely to be a rubber-stamp body that further solidifies the power of President Abde...Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:33:49 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3204308-rubber-stamp-assembly-expected-egypt-vote.html2014-11-12T06:33:49ZSuicide bomber kills 32 in northeast Nigeriahttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3188804-suicide-bomber-kills-32-northeast-nigeria.html
POTISKUM, Nigeria (AP) — A suicide bomber killed himself and 32 civilians Monday when he detonated explosives on the edge of a religious procession by the moderate Muslim Brotherhood in northeast Nigeria, a hospital official and witnesses said.
The official said 119 people were wounded. He quoted hospital records in Potiskum, capital of Yobe state, and sp...Mon, 03 Nov 2014 22:36:20 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3188804-suicide-bomber-kills-32-northeast-nigeria.html2014-11-03T22:36:20ZTunisia elections possible model for regionhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3186250-tunisia-elections-model-region.html
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's orderly parliamentary elections are being hailed as a model of democracy for a region torn by strife and full of dictatorships. Regional rivalries, however, may put pressures on this fledgling democracy to move away from the dialogue and consensus that has made the country's transition a success so far.
On Sunday, Tunisian ...Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:51:17 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3186250-tunisia-elections-model-region.html2014-11-01T18:51:17ZEgypt leader: 'Foreign hands' behind Sinai attackhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3173090-egypt-leader-foreign-hands-sinai-attack.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi said Saturday that an assault on an army checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula that killed 31 troops was a "foreign-funded operation" and vowed to take drastic action against militants.
In thundering remarks delivered before cameras ahead of a military funeral for the slain troops, el-Sissi said there are f...Sat, 25 Oct 2014 18:10:20 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3173090-egypt-leader-foreign-hands-sinai-attack.html2014-10-25T18:10:20ZYemen's crisis reflects arc of Arab Spring revoltshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3148046-yemens-crisis-reflects-arc-arab-spring-revolts.html
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen's 2011 Arab Spring revolt began with a nucleus of young men and women, a mix of socialists, secularists and moderate Islamists. In the capital's "Change Square," they launched their sit-in protest, a dreamy and romantic movement seeking to end autocrat Ali Abdullah Saleh's 33-year rule and transform the poorest Arab nation into a democratic, modern ...Sun, 12 Oct 2014 13:55:22 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3148046-yemens-crisis-reflects-arc-arab-spring-revolts.html2014-10-12T13:55:22ZOn campus in Egypt, a heavy security clampdownhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3141790-campus-egypt-heavy-security-clampdown.html
CAIRO (AP) — At Cairo University's campus, new, black steel walls have gone up. A private security firm has put up surveillance cameras. Guards have bomb-detection devices. Just outside, heavily armed riot police have permanent positions.
Summer vacation ends this weekend, and universities across Egypt are preparing for the return of students with a heavy...Wed, 08 Oct 2014 17:44:00 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3141790-campus-egypt-heavy-security-clampdown.html2014-10-08T17:44:00ZTurkey, still coy, joins fight against militantshttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3117648-turkey-coy-joins-fight-militants.html
WASHINGTON (AP) — Turkey is joining its NATO allies and fellow Sunni Muslim nations in a coalition to destroy the Islamic State militant group, moving from reluctance to refusal and finally acceptance. But the world is still waiting for details of any new, specific aid and is warily watching to make sure Ankara keeps its commitments.
Often described as a ...Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:10:12 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/us/3117648-turkey-coy-joins-fight-militants.html2014-09-25T22:10:12ZEgypt: Brotherhood leader, 104 referred to trialhttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3110994-egypt-brotherhood-leader-104-referred-to-trial.html
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's top prosecutor has referred the leader of the outlawed Muslim Brotherhood and 104 supporters to trial on charges of murder and terrorism.
The prosecutor's office said in a statement on Monday that the charges arise from deadly riots in the Suez Canal city of Ismailia on July 5, 2013, two days after the military overthrew Islamist pres...Mon, 22 Sep 2014 14:55:55 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3110994-egypt-brotherhood-leader-104-referred-to-trial.html2014-09-22T14:55:55ZFierce fighting in Yemeni capital kills 120http://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3105922-fierce-fighting-yemeni-capital-kills-120.html
SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Shiite rebels and Sunni militiamen battled in Sanaa for a second day Friday in battles that have killed at least 120 people and have shaken the Yemeni capital with thousands fleeing their homes. The violence raises fears that this chronically unstable country could be dragged into the sort of sectarian conflicts that have plagued other nations in the region.Fri, 19 Sep 2014 16:38:06 GMThttp://www.mail.com/int/news/world/3105922-fierce-fighting-yemeni-capital-kills-120.html2014-09-19T16:38:06Z